Chapter 3168: Nun of the Fifth Era

After finding the ring, Xia De took the thing and followed the three people in front quickly. Seeing Xia De follow, the nun walking in front continued to speed up. Because of the witch's disgust for men, Xia De didn't say he was going to help support the strange girl, just followed behind them and looked at the surroundings vigilantly.

The wasteland in the fog seemed to have only four people moving forward at this time, but listening carefully, one could clearly hear the fine footsteps and incomprehensible wailing whispers between the tombstones illuminated by the faint light.

There were no reference objects around, and the densely packed tombstones made people dizzy. And in the front illuminated by the kerosene lamp, a clearing without any tombstones appeared.

The area of the clearing was not large, and a very simple stone hut with a chimney stood in the middle. Seeing this in a place full of tombstones and desolate graves, if it weren't for someone leading the way, Xia De would definitely not approach rashly.

Theresa explained softly:

"This gravekeeper's hut is the only safe point we have found on this wasteland. Actually, hiding in a grave is also very safe, just with the danger of not waking up."

The stone house had only one door and one window. The window was lit at this time, and Xia De entered the room with the witches before seeing that it was the fire of the fireplace. This house did not have spatial specificity. It looked small from the outside, and of course it was not big inside.

The wall on the right side of the door had a fireplace, the wall in front of the door had a half-collapsed wooden shelf, the wall on the left had a window, and under the window was a single bed with dirty sheets, and a large wooden box was placed at the foot of the bed.

As for the wall where the door was located, there was nothing. Fireplace, shelf, bed, wooden box, plus the wooden square table in the middle of the room and the two chairs by the table, this was everything in the narrow hut.

Compared with the wasteland outside that was similar to the "edge of life and death," although it was still not a normal world in the hut, at least all four living people felt a sigh of relief.

The nun and Theresa should have cleaned up the room a little. The table and chairs were wiped very clean. Although the burning fireplace looked dirty, it could still be used. They even put a pot of porridge cooking on the fire on an iron frame.

The nun put the kerosene lamp in her hand on the table, and Theresa supported the girl who was rescued from the grave by the three, trying to let her lie on the bed.

But after approaching the bed, the girl who looked quite young struggled hard. She did not have the outstanding recovery ability like Xia De, and was still exhausted and sleepy at this moment:

"No, no, not there, that bed is so dirty!"

So Xia De helped change the sheets and the mattress that looked like a large pool of human blood stains. After the new bed was made with the smell of soap, the girl was willing to lie down. But she was not being unreasonable, at least even if she was weak, she still sincerely thanked the three people in turn.

She called Xia De a "strange man." The ladies present were all witches, so they must all know what this meant. The girl lying on the bed was really weak, and at this moment had no intention to explore this. Theresa had known Xia De long ago, as for that unknown nun—

She stood in front of the fireplace with her head slightly lowered, her long shadow falling on the stone wall by the window, trembling with the jumping of the fireplace fire:

"You are from the future, right? Fire-bearer?"

The hoarse voice was not without emotion:

"I felt the surging fire in your body. The power of that fire is far more complete and pure than what I possess. Initial fire, hero of the future, you helped your nun collect the scattered fire seedlings and precious firewood, right?"

The voice was clearly cold, but it made Xia De feel that the other party was a bit impatient.

He looked at Theresa. The golden-haired girl was already sitting on a chair on the side. Seeing her nod slightly, Xia De admitted:

"Yes, I am not from this era. But please don't misunderstand, it is an exception that I have no reaction to the witch's curse. This has nothing to do with the changes of the era. As for the initial fire—"

He raised his right hand, and slender flames rose from his palm. Theresa did not feel any abnormality in the existence of the flames, but the nun wearing a secret silver eye mask "stared" for a moment. The light and shadow changes left by the flames on her secret silver eye mask simply seemed to be showing her mood at this moment.

The nun lowered her head slightly again:

"The power of the initial fire is more decayed than in our era... but it is also more complete and robust. Your nun has almost collected all the scattered fire seedlings, right?"

She asked with some expectation. Xia De had clearly felt that this nun in front of him was relatively more extroverted in emotional expression than Sister Daifulin he knew:

"She told me that there are three fire seedlings left, and the initial fire can be restored to its most complete form."

"That's really good... Hero of the fire-bearer from the future time, please call me 'Sister Belen'."

Theresa's level at this time was the same as when they parted last time, still eleven, but it looked like she was about to be promoted. As for this Sister Belen, she was a twelve-level witch who was extremely close to the thirteenth level.

The black-haired young girl on the bed had not had time to introduce herself, but Xia De could see that she was only mid-level, otherwise she would not be so embarrassed.

So these three ladies were Xia De's companions for this time adventure. He felt that this adventure was still very novel. At least this time he didn't have to sit around the campfire. This "safe point" was actually a house.

The time that could be stayed this time was 40 minutes, but under the amplification of the "Time Corridor," it was actually 80 minutes, so the time was more abundant than any previous time.

Everyone introduced their identities to each other. Because they saw that the food reserves of Theresa and Sister Belen were insufficient, Xia De shared his supplies first. While Theresa was dealing with food by the fireplace, they talked about the situation here—

Mainly Theresa was talking:

"After graduating smoothly, I am currently working with my aunt, I mean Teacher Violet. Aunt intends for me to seek a lecturer position at Cerces Higher Medical College. This time, I led a team to the Central Continent to excavate a dragon tomb that was said to have been left in the Second Era.

I don't know what happened specifically. I was setting up detection rituals with everyone in the underground dragon nest in the last second, and then I was locked in a coffin. After coming out from underground, I encountered many strange things in this wasteland, and finally Sister Belen saved me and brought me here."

While she was slicing carrots into the pot, she looked at Xia De gently:

"I was thinking at the time, would you appear next... Sure enough, every time I encounter danger, you will come to save me."

She tried hard to suppress the smile on her face, but even the girl lying on the bed could see what she meant.

As for Sister Belen's story, it was simple. She entered here voluntarily and clearly knew what this was:

"Believers in the Old God 【King of Skeletons】 believe that as long as they are buried according to specific rituals, they can let their souls not go to the end after death, but step into the tomb kingdom of the dead. I don't know what the afterlife of that great one is, but the vast majority of believers who have completed the ritual eventually end up in this wasteland."

She paused slightly:

"Every grave we saw just now has a soul that is unwilling to leave sleeping underneath. This place can indeed let them not go to the end, but this is not the afterlife kingdom they thought they could enjoy a second life.

Some high-value special funerary objects will arrive here with the soul as the 'Grave King Ritual' proceeds. I came here to find a fire seedling used as a funerary object. Yes, there was initial fire buried with mortals."

Those fire seedlings that split in the ancient era could exist anywhere. Xia De and Sister Daifulin recovered the fire seedlings from the Heart of Pantanal, and the fire seedlings that the nun recovered alone from the "Monster of Mad Fire" in the New Continent according to clues, actually counted as easy to find.

The fire seedlings sealed in the lighthouse of "Green Island" on the back of the material world, and the fire seedlings fused with the demons of the fire, these fires were the most difficult to recover, otherwise the nuns before Sister Daifulin would have taken them away long ago.

As for the fire seedlings brought here as funerary objects, their recovery difficulty would certainly not be inferior to those fires Xia De had contacted. As for the wasteland itself, Xia De compared it to "Eternal Night City," they were all kingdoms of some god.

Xia De trusted this nun holding fire, just as this nun trusted Xia De, and even unlike other witches who wanted to grab Xia De's wrist.

Theresa, who was making soup, was of course also trustworthy, but the last companion...

After listening to the nun's narration, Xia De looked at the girl on the bed. But he suddenly looked up, and his eyes looked at the terrifying woman's face pressed against the dirty glass of the window.

Although he was not afraid of ghosts, the strange fear from the bottom of his heart surged up at this moment. The girl on the bed noticed Xia De's eyes and wanted to look up, but fortunately, the nun sitting by the table picked up the kerosene lamp on the wooden table and shone the light toward the window, and the terrifying face disappeared.

"The interior is absolutely safe, and the exterior may encounter any situation."

The nun added softly, and Xia De asked the mid-level witch who looked better:

"You wouldn't be a believer in this 【Grave King】, and appeared here because of the burial ritual, right?"

The girl shook her head repeatedly:

"No, no, absolutely not. I didn't die, and I wasn't buried. If you don't believe me, you can check."

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3169 =====